Attention all sponsors of Tiger Woods. You may want to reconsider that $72 million (give or take a few) you are paying Tiger and consider paying it to me.

Advertising revenue from Tiger Woods’ front tooth dropped 45% in 2010

According to Ad Age, celebrity endorsers are ineffective and can at time have as much as a 30% negative effect.

“From Tiger Woods to Donald Trump, we found that with rare exception, celebrity endorsements were largely ineffective and failed to yield the benefits popular wisdom promises.”

“Today’s consumer is a totally different animal than the consumer of even five years ago, meaning that what was effective and influential five years ago is not necessarily so today, as today’s consumer is more likely to be influenced by someone in their social network than a weak celebrity connection. Today’s consumer is informed, time-compressed, and difficult to impress, and they are only influenced by ads that are relevant and provide information.”

There it is right there. Here’s where I drive my sales pitch for the $72 million home. Today’s consumer is more likely to be influenced by someone in their social network than a celebrity or superstar athlete. Well this blog is in your social network. I’m on twitter here and facebook here, and YouTube here. Sign me up.